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Origin of the word “dibs”

Posted Monday, September 15, 2003 12:51 AM by bgold
In a late night conversation I was asked:   “Where did the word dibs come from?”   I had no idea, so I consulted my oracle of knowledge ( google ) and found a very interesting answer – check it out here . Read More...
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Chris shows respect

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 12:49 PM by bgold
Always glad to see the dev side of the house realizing that us marketing folks don't have life as easy as some people think! Read More...
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The "system tray" debate

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 2:12 AM by bgold
This  is a great conversation about the taskbar, system tray, etc.  I love it!  I guess I've had it all along too. In the comments, there is a small debate about where people put their taskbar.  I put it on top.  Maybe it is from Read More...
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My moment of silence

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 1:24 AM by bgold
Maybe not relevant for my blog, but it should be said. Everyday is a busy day, but today I must stop what I'm doing because I'll never forget the tragedy of September 11, 2001.  This is my moment of silence.   Read Scoble's post -- then read Read More...
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Meyers-Briggs

Posted Friday, September 12, 2003 12:17 AM by bgold
Lots of folks have been talking about Meyers-Briggs -- I remember taking this in high school and it's amazing how little things change -- i'm still an ENTJ -- according to this test, I'm VERY E and moderately NTJ  -- same as how I was back then. Read More...
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ASPConnections

Posted Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:45 AM by bgold
Booked my tickets to ASP Connections  ... giving a talk on Building Web Applications with Visual Studio...  Oh La Quinta, now all I need is a tee time!  Anyone out there going? Read More...
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maintaining scroll position on an aspx page

Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:05 AM by bgold
ScottGu always shows this off in his ASP.NET blackbelt webforms talk.  He has some code up on his site that is useful.  ScottW takes it a bit farther, with a page you can inherit from that handles it all. While I'm at it, another one that I Read More...
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What is a Blog?

Posted Monday, September 08, 2003 9:51 PM by bgold
I've had a few friends ask me this question: "what the hell is a blog?"  -- so I thought I'd find a good answer but didn't have one myself, so google showed me how Dave Winer helped me out here . Thanks to Dan for prompting me to post this :) Read More...
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reuse your code.. please

Posted Monday, September 08, 2003 2:32 AM by bgold
Steve Maine puts this about as well as I have heard anyone -- top notch feature request -- people, don't copy and paste code -- make functions.. it is healthy and easy... I promise we are going to make it even easier moving forward.  So start thinking, Read More...
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the interview process

Posted Monday, September 08, 2003 2:10 AM by bgold
It's funny, I was thinking about interviewing yesterday and Scoble blogged about it last night.  <rant> The experience that he describes is one that happens all too often.  I have been through way to many interviews for anyones own good Read More...
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Funny interview

Posted Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:56 PM by bgold
I was reminded of a very funny interview scenario that was told to me by Emma Raisel, a professor at Duke University  during my Global Capital Markets  course. The story goes like this (I apolgize for my bad memory): I was interviewing this Read More...
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i cannot enter your alien land

Posted Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:37 PM by bgold
My technophobe friend had these kind words to say the other day:     "i don't like your blog because i don't understand a word of what it means you are a weirdo techie person that has learned a language that is not based on english i cannnot Read More...
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Welcome Jason

Posted Friday, September 05, 2003 2:21 AM by bgold
A big hearty welcome to Jason Warren to the blogging world, hopefully this 'startup' will be better then the last ;) For starters, get an RSS feed ;) -- welcome aboard. Read More...
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When disaster strikes

Posted Friday, September 05, 2003 2:17 AM by bgold
Here is a great article about how one small ISP recovered from disaster -- weather disaster.  It is important that every business that is dependent on technology have proper DR plans in place -- this is just evidence and some best practices as to Read More...
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Bumbershoot and Don Box

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:50 PM by bgold
Yesterday I was able to party at bumbershoot - an amazing Seattle experience I must say.  Wilco and REM headlined that evening and both put on amazing shows.  If you have not heard Wilco before, you should definitely check them out. Why is this Read More...
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It's the real deal

Posted Monday, September 01, 2003 12:52 AM by bgold
blog  made the grade and was added to OED -- you know you're bigtime when that happens. Read More...
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Powerpoint

Posted Monday, September 01, 2003 12:31 AM by bgold
Interesting aritcle in Wired  about the evils of powerpoint. Shawn's intersting and accurate  response <begin rant> I've undergone my share of powerpoint lectures where all the presenter does is read the slides.  Some of the Read More...
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